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You might not be too familiar with the Kobo Vox, and you would be forgiven for it. With it, Kobo tried to go down the Nook Color / Kindle Fire road -- producing essentially an e-reader that had a full color capacitive display with Android on board. Where Barnes and Noble and Amazon may have succeeded, for Kobo, the Vox has been less impressive. One of the biggest issues with the Vox, is the...

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It's been rumored for some time, but now it's finally here -- Google Chrome has landed on Android. Android 4.0 phone and tablet owners in selected countries can now grab a beta version of Chrome from the Android Market.
Chrome for Android expands on the stock ICS browser with faster performance and speed-boosting features like the ability to pre-load web pages, and a brand new tabbing interface...

If you're a Google Maps user, you'll find a new app update waiting for you in the Android Market this morning. The new version 6.1.1 fixes "bugs on tablets and phones" according to the latest change log. We're not aware of any serious problems with earlier versions of Maps, but if you've been experiencing any issues in the past, hopefully this latest revision will have you fixed up.
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Here's a little tip you may not have known about -- while working inside Google's applications in Ice Cream Sandwich, you can long press any icon and its name will appear. This can be handy for figuring out what all those fancy new icons mean, and is a heck of a lot better than Jerry's method of "just press it and see what happens". For now, this seems limited to Google's apps, but it...

If you have an Android phone chances are that you use Google Maps, and you've got a new update waiting for you in the Android Market. Usually when we see an update for Maps, we see features like indoor mapping, or updates for places and check-ins, but this time around it simply states that this version is a bug fix for "newer devices".
We have no idea if newer devices means yet-to-be-released...

Youtube link for mobile viewingVoice Actions are some of the most popular features of Android devices. Google has announced today that they have expanded the service to include five more countries and languages. Here are the new additions: United Kingdom (British English) France (French) Italy (Italian) Germany (German) Spain (Spanish) Voice Search is available for all Android...

Google Docs for Android (see our hands-on) has received an update, bringing some welcomed new features for mobile users. The biggest update is the increased Web Clipboard functionality, which allows users to take photos from their mobile device and easily insert them into a Google Doc. Here is how it works:On the Google Docs widget, select the Camera option. It will send you to your default...

Google has updated the Google Maps app for Android to version 5.9.0, bringing continued improvements to Transit Navigation, along with a new Labs feature. Here's a rundown of what you'll find in the latest version --Voice and ring tone notifications for Transit Navigation (Beta)Tablet support for Transit Navigation (Beta)'Bubble Buttons' Lab to add call and navigate buttons to results on the map...

If you use two-stage authentication to keep your Google account safe, then you'll want to grab the latest update to the accompanying Google Authenticator app, which was released today. Version 0.6.4 of the Authenticator rolls back some permission changes added in a previous version, and adds a countdown timer under the authentication code, so you know how long you've got before the code expires....

The Economist has finally released an app for Android. Heavy readers of the popular periodical will be able to enjoy its content right from their mobile device. The app itself is free, but you have to be a subscriber to log in and view the content.Features include:Each week’s issue available from 9pm London time each ThursdayDownload each issue to your device to read without an internet...

Google just showed us the new updated Android Market client that brings a UI overhaul, as well as Google Books and Movies for folks in the states. Not long after, we gave you a way to download the new Market for yourselves, and you guys got to work checking it out. It has a lot of different features, including one that a lot of us have been wanting -- the ability to switch to any Google...

Google is a software giant, and many of us user their proprietary applications on our Android phone. With good reason -- apps like Gmail, Androidify, and YouTube absolutely rock on an Android device. But did you know that Google, Inc. has a veritable laundry list of apps available on the Android Market? They're all free, too! Some of you more Android savvy types might already know of them all...

We're all loving the new version of Google Maps and its vector based graphics, and Google has spent the time to explain exactly what makes them better. There some great detail about vector graphics, and how using them improves things like drawing roads or place labels as well as enabling the things like 3D tilt view, and explanation of how things used to work with the tiled graphics (360 billion...

Google has updated the Gmail application to version 2.3.2, and with it comes some often requested features. Android phones running Froyo or higher can and should grab the update, the new features look awesome:Better support for priority inboxSend from any address you have set up in your accountSwitch between reply, forward, and reply all while composingAnd of course, the magical "Bug fixes"Hit...

The YouTube for Android and Google Voice Search applications have been updated (no it's not Gingerbread! :p ) with some welcome improvements and the obligatory bug-fixes. With the YouTube app update comes what everyone has been wanting, commenting from within the app itself. You also can now see videos you subscribe to on the main screen, and an "All" category has been added to the browse...

Looks like a new version of the Android Market is being silently pushed out to devices running Froyo, complete with a new tab to find related applications. Yours may say "Similar" as it does on the Droid X in the shot to the left, or it may say "Related" as it does on the Evo 4G to the right. For all intents and purposes, it appears to be the same thing with a different label.While we can't...

Gmail just got an update to add some of those cool UI improvements -- and it's been moved into the Android Market. This means that from now on, you won’t have to wait for system updates to get Google’s latest and greatest e-mail client. You will find some pretty cool improvements in this particular update including a much better implementation of how "quoted text" works within e-mail threads...

Guest writer Amit Kulkarni, Co-Founder and CEO of Manymoon, took to the Google Code blog recently with a very interesting article that gives four important tips to would-be app developers. While this is geared more to the Google apps space and enterprise solutions, it's also a must read for anyone thinking about developing applications for the Android Market. Google's cloud computing scales...

The Dell Aero has shown up on AT&T's website with a "coming soon" tagline. While the Aero still looks less than impressive when compared to some of the other new Android phones hitting the wild, there is a bit of good news. It's seems that once again Engadget was right, and the phone will have all the Google services we've come to expect on Android devices -- even Google search. This is...

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